2020
Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Ghiassi S, Morton JM. Safety and Efficacy of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. Current Obesity Reports 2020, 9: 159-164. PMID: 32253662, DOI: 10.1007/s13679-020-00377-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDurable weight lossBariatric surgeryRisk/benefit ratioWeight lossRisk of complicationsCurrent medical treatmentRisk of mortalityObesity-related diseasesReviewBariatric surgeryBariatric proceduresCause morbidityMetabolic surgeryObesity comorbiditiesMedical managementRelated comorbiditiesSafety profileCardiovascular diseaseGlobal prevalenceMedical treatmentSurgeryBenefit ratioMortalityComorbiditiesMorbidityDurable method
2005
A national comparison of surgical versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: 1997–2001
Morton JM, Brown A, Galanko JA, Norton JA, Grimm IS, Behrns KE. A national comparison of surgical versus percutaneous drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts: 1997–2001. Journal Of Gastrointestinal Surgery 2005, 9: 15-21. PMID: 15623440, DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.10.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous drainageLength of staySurgical approachPancreatic pseudocystICD-9 procedure codesDisease-specific severityNational Inpatient SamplePopulation-based studyCase series resultsEndoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographyRisk of mortalityLogistic regression modelsHospital dischargeInpatient mortalitySurgical drainageRetrograde cholangiopancreatographyInpatient SampleProtective effectChi2 analysisSurgical advantagesConfounding variablesMortalityPseudocystIllness differencesNational outcomes